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This is a quick link to official pages of the 16 fighters of the Contender Asia 2008. 16 fighters from 12 countries. The more detail about each fighters will be available soon. Here we go:

Alain Sylvestre from Canada

Bruce Macfie from Australia

David Pacquette from England

Dzhabar Askerov from United Arab Emirates

James Martinez from USA

John Wayne Parr from Australia

Naruepol Fairtex from Thailand

Jose Pitu Sans from Spain

Rafik Bakkouri from France

Sean Wright from Scotland

Soren Mongkontong from Australia

Trevor Smandych from Canada

Yodsaenklai from Thailand

“Yukay” Joakim Karlsson from Sweden

Zig Zach from Singapore

Zidov Dominik from Switzerland

Who is the strongest ?
Man, it is hard to say. But I will go for Yodsaenklai, John Wayne Parr and Naruepol

What do you think?

Here is the unofficial website for the Contender Asia fans:

Contender Asia Fans:
http://contenderasiafans.com/

Contender Asia Fans on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/contenderasiafans

They provide information, report, blogs, forums about the show.

If I find more sites, I will keep you posted. Any suggestion will be much appreciated.

“Hey Frenchie ! Big mouth, Small heart”

The Wild Boars won the competition again. They picked James (USA) to fight against Sean (Scotland). There was a heat between Rafik and Sean. (and Rafik with every else). I like the phase Yod said to Rafik: Hey Frechie ! Big mouth, small heart. It is not important whether this was a setup or not. The phase is surely true and should be remembered.

Sean won the fight. He has a better muay thai skill. James seems to be a strong fighter but his muaythai skill cannot match the other guys.

The Contender Asia: Episode 2 FULL

Thanks to mymuaythai.com and leexh for the vdo

The Contender Asia: Episode 2 Recap

“Don’t use elbows, feel sorry for him”

There was nothing much on the first episode. Mostly, it is about introduction for these fighters. The fight was Trevor (Canadian) against Naruepol (Thai). I have to say this was not a good matched. Naruepol has much more experience and skill. There was no doubt because he started fighting since he was very young.

The Contender Asia: Episode 1 FULL

Thanks to mymuaythai.com for the VDO

The Contender Asia: Episode 1 Recap

If you already know what it is, you can skip this post.

The Contender Asia is the reality game show that contain 16 muay thai fighters form various countries. Each episode (week), one fighter will be eliminated. The role is simple. 16 fighters were split into 2 teams: red (the Tiger King) and blue (the Wild Boars). Each episode, the two teams will compete on the given game. The winning team can pick one fighter from the losing team and one from their for the fight.

At this moment, three episodes have been shown. I think this show is quite interesting and you guys should see it. From now on, I will be after this show and will try to put useful resources as much as possible.

Big thanks to Zach, one of the Contender, who introduced me into this.

Here are some useful websites about the show
The official website: http://www.contenderasia.com/
News and updates, general information and community

MyMuayThai.com: http://www.mymuaythai.com/
This is a Muay Thai Blog. The owner, Nopstar, is real for the Contender. I saw him after this show since the beginning (since choosing fighters last year). There are also many fans share comments and useful resources about the show.

K-1fans.com: http://www.k-1fans.com/forum/
Alex, the owner of K-1fans, is also a big fan of Muay Thai. He has two dedicated topics about the show: one for the spoiler and the other one for no spoiler.

Zig Zach’s blog: http://www.zig-zach.blogspot.com/
Zach is the Contender from Singapore. He will provide an deep story about the house.

Man, that’s it for today. See you !

!!!! RESPECT ALL, FEAR NONE !!!!

These are photos taken after the fashion shooting. They were taken by handy camera and celly phone. You will see how friendly and naughty she was. Hope you like it =)

These are the pictures of our friends from Sweden (Sweden Muay Thai team). They were getting ready for their upcoming fights. Big thanks and see you next year !

At the recent World Muay Thai Championship 2007, TUFF Boxing’s designers created the special design dedicated for the event.

MuayThaiStuff.com, KOMBAT and TUFF Boxing proudly sponsor World Muay Thai Championship 2007. We give our tank-tops to all fighters (approx 700 fighters) from around the world to wear when they fight.

At the recent World Muay Thai Championship event in Bangkok, we have a chance to take the photo of Buakaw at our shop. We were lucky to get his photo alone because, after he walked pass our shop and got in the stadium, he was packed with so many fighters and fans.